St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-14
DAKOTA MEN IN TOWN.
The Legislators who Are ON Their
way Home After a TWO Months

The Leg1SIatOrs w nO Are On hetF
way Home After a Two Months
Session.
The hotel lobbies were crowded with
Dakota men yesterday. Men wearing silk
hats. sealskin caps and head clothing of
diverse kinds and fashions were there.
There were to be seen gray-headed solons
from the South and West. and the younger
representatives of the North. Yankton,
Mitchell, Sioux Falls and all prominent
towns of the South, and Fargo, Pembina,
and even Mandan, were represented. There
were other and smaller towns that had their
delegations present at either the Ryan or at
the Merchants. Men who had spent sixty
days in turmoil and WEAKNESS were
there; men who had been instrumental in
appropriating all of the territory'S cash for
various institutions; men who had entered
into schemes and men who had not, they
were all represented in the varied styles OF
handwriting to be seen on the registers OF
the hotels yesterday. AS for the men them
selves, the North men wore overcoatS
trimmed with beaver and earhaps that
reached to their necks while the men from
the South were running about in stovepipe
hats and spring overcoats. Among the
representatives of the great territory who
were noticed were Frank X. Aikens. OF
Canton, the man who has been steadily
kicking against Gov. Church ever since his
appointment; Frank Washabaugh, repre-
sentative of the Homestake Mining COM
pany of the Black Hills. Who made such a
vigorous fight against the bill legaliZing the
acts of the capitol commission; +. u. Smith,
of YanktOn, who succeeded not only in
keeping the supreme and district courts a
the eX-capital city, but worked an approt
priaton of S210. 900 for the Yankton asy-
lum through both houses; George Matthews,
president of the council; Grigsby. of Sioux
Falls who feels hurt because he was so SOL
idly sat down upon; John Cain, of Huron,
who captured more than he expected
to; J. T. Gilbert, OF Sioux Falls,
the youngest member of the house;
C. S. Miltemore, of Mitchell, who tried to
capture the United States court and failed,
son, of Marion; NJ. l.. Hef1in and B. +.
Salem, the farmers advocate; NJ. T. Clark,
of Madison; W. B. Tray. of Wahpeton.
John ID. Patten. of Deadwood. the quiet
man; II. j. Patterson, of Marion; j. A.
Trow and S. NJ. Jenkins, of Madison;
Frank Morris, Of Parkston; j. W. Cone, of
Kirkwood; w. Doyle. of Fargo, and B. I'll.
Sullivan. of Plankinton. AS for the lobby
ist, there were to be seen John Mcdonald,
of the Milwaukee road; Gen. Dennis, COM
mander of the territorial militia, and Col.
William NJ. Powers, trustee of the Yank-
ton insane asylum. These were all to be
seen.
WHAT THEY SAID
''Yes, they did pretty good work out
there" said M. Grigsby, the disgruntled
member from Sioux Falls. They appro-
priated all the money out of the treasury
and would have appropriated more if they
could.'
Il am satisfied said E. G. Smith, the
schemer from Yankton, who succeeded
against big odds in keeping the supreme
and district courts at Yapkton. Il am sat
isfed," he reiterated, 'but Pm awfully
tired and guess will go to bed.'
Frank Aikens was going from one group
to another in the lobby of the Merchants
and refused to talS to any one man. He
wanted to address the multitude, and odds
were offered of five to one that he will call
mass meeting when he gets home to tell
mis- constituents how he was back-capped
by Gov. Church
Frank Washabaugh, of the Black Hills,
wasn't saying word but was busy going
from one member to another and asking
them to write to him. Washabaugh won
! every point he fought for, except when he
took stand against the bill dismissing the
capital commission and appointing a board
OF trustees in its place. Then he lost
an overwhelming majority. The othe
members declared themselves too tired o
say anything. But in mentioning tn
prominent Dakotans WHO arrived in the cit
yesterday from the territorial capital, Ju
La Moure. of Pembina. and Lauren Dun
lap, year or so ago the Dakota cores
pondent of the Chicago Inter- Ocean. shoul
not be forgotten. They were both to be
seen at the Merchants yesterday, as busy as
bees talking with the solons, with Jud
already working for beneficial legislation
two years hence